Chad Gayle
@chadgayle.bsky.social
Science fiction & fantasy author 🚀 NYC photographer 📷 Words in DreamForge, Cosmic Horror Monthly, Inner Worlds, etc. 🌞 SFWA / Codex
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Chad Gayle
@chadgayle.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Pleased to announce that I am now a full member of the SFWA!
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Awards eligibility post! I'm lucky to have 8 stories and 18 poems published in 2025, so here are just a few that I'd be delighted if you found time to read!
I'll also link them below when I get the chance
I'll also link them below when I get the chance
December 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Awards eligibility post! I'm lucky to have 8 stories and 18 poems published in 2025, so here are just a few that I'd be delighted if you found time to read!
I'll also link them below when I get the chance
I'll also link them below when I get the chance
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Here's my 2025 ✨ Awards Eligibility ✨ post - only 4 stories but I'm very proud of them all and would love for more people to see them 🥰 Thank you so much to everyone who has read / published / been supportive of my work this year! ❤️ 🧵
November 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Here's my 2025 ✨ Awards Eligibility ✨ post - only 4 stories but I'm very proud of them all and would love for more people to see them 🥰 Thank you so much to everyone who has read / published / been supportive of my work this year! ❤️ 🧵
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my 2025 eligibility post ~ alt text & links in thread!
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
my 2025 eligibility post ~ alt text & links in thread!
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Here is my 2025 award eligibility list, but it's not going to be entirely complete (for now), because I have a story coming out on... Dec 31.
* Book!
* The giant spider wants to help with your intersex healthcare, what could possibly go wrong
* Distributed haunting (you can also get some)
Thread~
* Book!
* The giant spider wants to help with your intersex healthcare, what could possibly go wrong
* Distributed haunting (you can also get some)
Thread~
December 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Here is my 2025 award eligibility list, but it's not going to be entirely complete (for now), because I have a story coming out on... Dec 31.
* Book!
* The giant spider wants to help with your intersex healthcare, what could possibly go wrong
* Distributed haunting (you can also get some)
Thread~
* Book!
* The giant spider wants to help with your intersex healthcare, what could possibly go wrong
* Distributed haunting (you can also get some)
Thread~
Been so busy I haven't really had any time to be on social media. As much as I miss interacting with everyone on here I've also done a *lot* less doomscrolling, which is not a bad thing.
Anyway, hope you're having a decent Monday! I still can't believe it's December.
Anyway, hope you're having a decent Monday! I still can't believe it's December.
December 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Been so busy I haven't really had any time to be on social media. As much as I miss interacting with everyone on here I've also done a *lot* less doomscrolling, which is not a bad thing.
Anyway, hope you're having a decent Monday! I still can't believe it's December.
Anyway, hope you're having a decent Monday! I still can't believe it's December.
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my last story is out for this year, and it's a doozy!
a pregnant woman discovers an...interesting new symptom: an overwhelming desire to eat her own hair
(cw: vomit)
a pregnant woman discovers an...interesting new symptom: an overwhelming desire to eat her own hair
(cw: vomit)
Lanugo - Uncharted
The Hunger haunts me most when I’m nauseous, which feels like it’s all the time these days. Morning sickness, my ass. I throw up at a minimum once per day, and it’s not just in the morning. The nausea...
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December 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
my last story is out for this year, and it's a doozy!
a pregnant woman discovers an...interesting new symptom: an overwhelming desire to eat her own hair
(cw: vomit)
a pregnant woman discovers an...interesting new symptom: an overwhelming desire to eat her own hair
(cw: vomit)
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Nebula nominations are open!
I'd love it if you'd consider reading "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything", which Locus called a "sharp satire" and is all my rage and desired catharsis about disability accommodations. Also superheroes. And puns.
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
I'd love it if you'd consider reading "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything", which Locus called a "sharp satire" and is all my rage and desired catharsis about disability accommodations. Also superheroes. And puns.
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
DP FICTION #123B: “Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything” by Effie Seiberg – Diabolical Plots
www.diabolicalplots.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Nebula nominations are open!
I'd love it if you'd consider reading "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything", which Locus called a "sharp satire" and is all my rage and desired catharsis about disability accommodations. Also superheroes. And puns.
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
I'd love it if you'd consider reading "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything", which Locus called a "sharp satire" and is all my rage and desired catharsis about disability accommodations. Also superheroes. And puns.
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
For the love of God, check with your spouse or significant other to find out if they have an interior monologue.
Learn the truth before it's too late!
Learn the truth before it's too late!
December 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
For the love of God, check with your spouse or significant other to find out if they have an interior monologue.
Learn the truth before it's too late!
Learn the truth before it's too late!
Your brain has a "language network" that translates your thoughts into words, and now we know where it is.
(This is a great read about an amazing neuroscientist, Dr. Ev Fedorenko.)
(This is a great read about an amazing neuroscientist, Dr. Ev Fedorenko.)
The Polyglot Neuroscientist Resolving How the Brain Parses Language | Quanta Magazine
Is language core to thought, or a separate process? For 15 years, the neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko has gathered evidence of a language network in the human brain — and has found some similarities to LL...
www.quantamagazine.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Your brain has a "language network" that translates your thoughts into words, and now we know where it is.
(This is a great read about an amazing neuroscientist, Dr. Ev Fedorenko.)
(This is a great read about an amazing neuroscientist, Dr. Ev Fedorenko.)
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As a little gift, and thank you, this holiday season, I’m offering 5 free 3 month subscriptions to my Patreon. 😊
New (to me) Patrons only please.
Open until 12/31/25 or until all are claimed.
To snag one of the gifts, follow the link below.
www.patreon.com/loragray/red...
New (to me) Patrons only please.
Open until 12/31/25 or until all are claimed.
To snag one of the gifts, follow the link below.
www.patreon.com/loragray/red...
Lora Gray's gift
Claim your spot now to join Lora Gray's The Cat's Meow tier
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December 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
As a little gift, and thank you, this holiday season, I’m offering 5 free 3 month subscriptions to my Patreon. 😊
New (to me) Patrons only please.
Open until 12/31/25 or until all are claimed.
To snag one of the gifts, follow the link below.
www.patreon.com/loragray/red...
New (to me) Patrons only please.
Open until 12/31/25 or until all are claimed.
To snag one of the gifts, follow the link below.
www.patreon.com/loragray/red...
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This is our award eligibility post for 2025. We published 18 short stories this year, and love every one of them. We hope you gave them a read, were suitably haunted, and will give each one consideration. And maybe the magazine too.
December 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This is our award eligibility post for 2025. We published 18 short stories this year, and love every one of them. We hope you gave them a read, were suitably haunted, and will give each one consideration. And maybe the magazine too.
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I hate it when people misuse the word “decimate” and one tenth of me will die on this hill
August 6, 2023 at 12:56 AM
I hate it when people misuse the word “decimate” and one tenth of me will die on this hill
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2025 Awards Eligibility!
I published just one story this year, The Midwife in the Palace of the Forest King in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
but it's a very good story IMO
Dark fantasy+ Slavic folklore
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
I published just one story this year, The Midwife in the Palace of the Forest King in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
but it's a very good story IMO
Dark fantasy+ Slavic folklore
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
December 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
2025 Awards Eligibility!
I published just one story this year, The Midwife in the Palace of the Forest King in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
but it's a very good story IMO
Dark fantasy+ Slavic folklore
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
I published just one story this year, The Midwife in the Palace of the Forest King in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social
but it's a very good story IMO
Dark fantasy+ Slavic folklore
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
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It's Straith's awards eligibility post for 2025!!
I'm putting forward two of the three stories I had published this year for your consideration. I'd love especially if you'd consider "Fishwife" for the Aurora Award for Short Fiction, since it's my mémère story 💜
I'm putting forward two of the three stories I had published this year for your consideration. I'd love especially if you'd consider "Fishwife" for the Aurora Award for Short Fiction, since it's my mémère story 💜
November 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
It's Straith's awards eligibility post for 2025!!
I'm putting forward two of the three stories I had published this year for your consideration. I'd love especially if you'd consider "Fishwife" for the Aurora Award for Short Fiction, since it's my mémère story 💜
I'm putting forward two of the three stories I had published this year for your consideration. I'd love especially if you'd consider "Fishwife" for the Aurora Award for Short Fiction, since it's my mémère story 💜
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My micro "Borderland" is out in Fractured Lit today! I'd love for you to check it out!
Thanks @fracturedlit.bsky.social!
Thanks @fracturedlit.bsky.social!
Borderland | Fractured
fracturedlit.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
My micro "Borderland" is out in Fractured Lit today! I'd love for you to check it out!
Thanks @fracturedlit.bsky.social!
Thanks @fracturedlit.bsky.social!
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“Blah,” said Toad.
December 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“Blah,” said Toad.
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✨2025 Eligibility Post✨
I co-edited an anthology with @dontcallmeliv.blacksky.app, published a novelette, three short stories, and one poem. You can read all these works via the link below, and your consideration is most welcome & appreciated.
somtoihezue.wordpress.com/2024-eligibi...
I co-edited an anthology with @dontcallmeliv.blacksky.app, published a novelette, three short stories, and one poem. You can read all these works via the link below, and your consideration is most welcome & appreciated.
somtoihezue.wordpress.com/2024-eligibi...
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
✨2025 Eligibility Post✨
I co-edited an anthology with @dontcallmeliv.blacksky.app, published a novelette, three short stories, and one poem. You can read all these works via the link below, and your consideration is most welcome & appreciated.
somtoihezue.wordpress.com/2024-eligibi...
I co-edited an anthology with @dontcallmeliv.blacksky.app, published a novelette, three short stories, and one poem. You can read all these works via the link below, and your consideration is most welcome & appreciated.
somtoihezue.wordpress.com/2024-eligibi...
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We, The Fleet is eligible! Here I am, actually talking about a story I did that is actually eligible! There! I've done it! Also give it a read or a listen I am very proud of it: clarkesworldmagazine.com/singer_05_25/
December 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
We, The Fleet is eligible! Here I am, actually talking about a story I did that is actually eligible! There! I've done it! Also give it a read or a listen I am very proud of it: clarkesworldmagazine.com/singer_05_25/
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Hey! Some fun news. "The Sort" (orig. @clarkesworldmagazine.com) was picked up for @wilwheaton.net's podcast. Went live today! Narrated thoughtfully and w/a kind shoutout for SFF mags at the end. And a surprise(!) mention of Uncertain Sons 🙏. Many thanks to Wil and his audio team. What an honor.
It’s Storytime with Wil Wheaton
You may recognize Wil Wheaton’s name from his acting work in television shows like The Big Bang Theory, Leverage, and Star Trek: The Next Generation, or 1985’s timeless classic, Stand B…
wilwheaton.net
December 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Hey! Some fun news. "The Sort" (orig. @clarkesworldmagazine.com) was picked up for @wilwheaton.net's podcast. Went live today! Narrated thoughtfully and w/a kind shoutout for SFF mags at the end. And a surprise(!) mention of Uncertain Sons 🙏. Many thanks to Wil and his audio team. What an honor.
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I see it's that time of the year again, so here's my Awards Eligibility for 2025! Mostly shouting about Dark Crescent, if folks enjoyed these dark and strange folklore tales from @lunapress.bsky.social! If anyone would like a copy of any of the stories for awards consideration, just drop me a DM! ✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I see it's that time of the year again, so here's my Awards Eligibility for 2025! Mostly shouting about Dark Crescent, if folks enjoyed these dark and strange folklore tales from @lunapress.bsky.social! If anyone would like a copy of any of the stories for awards consideration, just drop me a DM! ✨
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December 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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After a year of dreaming and a year of work, ENTER HERE: An Anthology of Portals is here!
@mstevensonbooks.bsky.social and I are so proud of all our slushers, authors, and ourselves.
Get it on Amazon now and Ingram soon! 💙📚
a.co/d/3VNdrd9
@mstevensonbooks.bsky.social and I are so proud of all our slushers, authors, and ourselves.
Get it on Amazon now and Ingram soon! 💙📚
a.co/d/3VNdrd9
Amazon.com: Enter Here: An Anthology of Portals eBook : Stevenson, M., Stevenson, M. , Subko, C.J.: Kindle Store
Enter Here: An Anthology of Portals - Kindle edition by Stevenson, M., Stevenson, M. , Subko, C.J.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmar...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
After a year of dreaming and a year of work, ENTER HERE: An Anthology of Portals is here!
@mstevensonbooks.bsky.social and I are so proud of all our slushers, authors, and ourselves.
Get it on Amazon now and Ingram soon! 💙📚
a.co/d/3VNdrd9
@mstevensonbooks.bsky.social and I are so proud of all our slushers, authors, and ourselves.
Get it on Amazon now and Ingram soon! 💙📚
a.co/d/3VNdrd9
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Tis the season! Awards season!
As ballots open, may I humbly offer my own award eligible stories for your consideration. I have 7 stories eligible in the Short Story category this year. You can find links to read/access all of them on my website: catherinetavares.com/awards-eligi...
As ballots open, may I humbly offer my own award eligible stories for your consideration. I have 7 stories eligible in the Short Story category this year. You can find links to read/access all of them on my website: catherinetavares.com/awards-eligi...
December 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Tis the season! Awards season!
As ballots open, may I humbly offer my own award eligible stories for your consideration. I have 7 stories eligible in the Short Story category this year. You can find links to read/access all of them on my website: catherinetavares.com/awards-eligi...
As ballots open, may I humbly offer my own award eligible stories for your consideration. I have 7 stories eligible in the Short Story category this year. You can find links to read/access all of them on my website: catherinetavares.com/awards-eligi...
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Self-promotion doesn't always get easier in publishing. This nominations season--for the Nebulas, or any other award--PLEASE take pride in your work. Voters will ask about eligible works for their consideration, and we hope every SFF writer feels empowered to answer the call. Invest in your success!
Awards nominations are starting and I have things that are eligible but no pretty post (yet) cause I’m kind of overwhelmed and the imposter syndrome is impostering despite the fact that these pieces were literally already chosen for publication and wow aren’t brains the best!?
December 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Self-promotion doesn't always get easier in publishing. This nominations season--for the Nebulas, or any other award--PLEASE take pride in your work. Voters will ask about eligible works for their consideration, and we hope every SFF writer feels empowered to answer the call. Invest in your success!
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Inner Worlds is out!! My (t4t love story) of two queers healing from loss with the help of a strange octopus/alien? creature that gives them otherworldly dreams is free to read today :') & so many other creature stories! Would be so thankful if you read some 💜 🐙 inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-to-s...
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Inner Worlds is out!! My (t4t love story) of two queers healing from loss with the help of a strange octopus/alien? creature that gives them otherworldly dreams is free to read today :') & so many other creature stories! Would be so thankful if you read some 💜 🐙 inner-worlds.ghost.io/issue-9-to-s...